Friday 29th March : SL : Hull Kingston Rovers v Hull FC KO 12:30pm Sky Sports Action/Main Event

[Exiled red]

Wind has changed direction 

[bratman]

Houghton in a bad way

[Futtocks]

Comeback on!

[MZH]

Okunbor, quality player, never in doubt

[Roy Haggerty]

That hull try shows how bad they are tbh. Guy charges down. Ball bounces into his hands. Does he put the foot down to get under the sticks? No, he jogs slowly in a straight line, making the kick harder for his teammate. Its just lazy, unprofessional. 

[Worzel]

3 hours ago, meast said:

Pardon my ignorance but not sure what relevance of the pictures?

The empty seats. Although if that was Rovers we’d claim a sell out

[Wellsy4HullFC]

Come back is on.

[GeordieSaint]

Uffff is that 2 in 2mins?

[Chrispmartha]

Hull KR have been really poor since the break fair play to FC theyve come out fighting 

[Futtocks]

Just now, GeordieSaint said:

Uffff is that 2 in 2mins?

It's a massacre!

[StandOffHalf]

Hull buffeted downfield with the wind. Nu Brown playing in his favoured position as the rake is good for Hull IMO.

Comeback on?

[Chrispmartha]

Nu Brown is far better at hooker

[jacksy]

We should being giving Charles as much opportunity as KR have done for Lewis.

[Worzel]

5 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

Talking to a Rovers fan in the Tribal bar last night and he says he thinks we'll win.

That just about sums up the Hull Derby, Hull KR the biggest favourites, certainly in my memory, and someone reckons the underdog will win.

I just can't see it unfortunately. Back when I was at school in deepest darkest East Hull, probably 1978 and ten minutes walk from the old Craven Park ground, Rovers were fairly strong favourites but Hull went there and won 13-20. I think George Clark got a couple of tries and David Marshall kicked half a dozen goals.

Summat like that is unlikely to happen today. Back then the players had a bit of pride in the shirt and raised themselves for the Derby. This current rabble would struggle to raise themselves to get out of bed.

I feel for Tony Smith today, he's gonna cop a hell of a lot of stick. Whether he deserves it or not, how the team finish this season will give us an idea.

It's going to take a coaching masterclass to finish anywhere near halfway up the SL table by September. 

These last 5 minutes are exactly what I mean, and why I hate derbies. I’m never happy until they’re over. 

[DavidM]

Little bit of hard running and direct play . Just more effort 

[Worzel]

Just now, jacksy said:

We should being giving Charles as much opportunity as KR have done for Lewis.

He’s going to be a great player 

[MZH]

Much better. Too little too late, but much better.

[meast]

Interesting few minutes at start of the second half, 2 ull traars in faarve minutes.

They can't can they

[GeordieSaint]

1 minute ago, jacksy said:

We should being giving Charles as much opportunity as KR have done for Lewis.

Looks good.

[meast]

21 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Hulls biggest problem by far is their defence, it is not organised by any shadow of a doubt, it gets sorted on the training Paddock, do I blame Smith for the lack of that absolutely.

What about the last few years before Smith was head coach?

[GeordieSaint]

KR are playing some dumb rugby. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Another quick try and it is on

[StandOffHalf]

The comms haven't really mentioned the elements. I think the wind blowing FC downfield is a big factor in the shifting fortunes here.

[17 stone giant]

It's a good game now. Shame that Hull FC thought it was a 1330 kick off.

[Dunbar]

A marker diving on the ball when there is no dummy half should really be a penalty (to FC in this case).